Don’t Punish Rural Alabama Because of Waste in Montgomery
All too often, the professional bureaucrats in Montgomery ignore the people in rural Alabama. The recent closure of driver’s license offices in our rural counties across the state is just another example of these Montgomery bureaucrats sticking it to rural folks. On October 1st, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) – an agency the […]
By Greg Albritton
Technical Jobs Offer Young People a Chance at Earned Success
With Labor Day around the corner, we need to have a serious conversation about job opportunities. Work is essential to what economist Arthur Brooks calls “earned success.” In America, we don’t celebrate when more and more people rely on food stamps to get by. Temporary government assistance may be necessary if a person or family […]
By Clay Scofield
Be Part of the State Budget Solution
Unlike the out-of-control federal government in Washington, DC, Alabama has a constitutional mandate to balance the budgets, which is exactly what the Governor and this Legislature intend to do. That means legislators have to work hard every year to guarantee that expenditures do not exceed revenues, just like you do every month for your own […]
By Greg Reed
Judicial Retirement Reform Equals Big Savings for Taxpayers
Republicans in the state legislature are committed to saving money for Alabama’s taxpayers. Reforms to teacher and state employee retirement plans were made in 2012 that will save the taxpayers billions of dollars over the next thirty years and beyond. This year, the Legislature passed a landmark reform of the retirement programs for district attorneys, […]